by Lora | Jun 22, 2021 | Healthy Living, Sustainability, Travel
My dedication to reducing my personal contributions to the climate crisis can challenge some of my deepest desires. Connecting with nature and fellow humans in unfamiliar settings is one. One of the greatest conundrums is my yen for a change in perspective. That need...
by Lora | Apr 21, 2021 | Nature, Travel
On this, the day of Queen Elizabeth’s ninety-fifth birthday, the loss of her husband of more years than I have been alive is especially poignant. My mother adored the queen. Maybe sharing the war years of my mother’s formative teens created a bond. Or it...
by Lora | Feb 21, 2020 | Nature, Sustainability, Travel
If we rely on the oceans for food, how do we care for ocean dependent creatures? The Waved Albatross is increasingly endangered. This species breeds exclusively in the Galápagos Islands. Actually, almost all on one small island. In spite of efforts to protect the...
by Lora | Jan 21, 2020 | Nature, Sustainability, Travel
Good news today about the return of the tortoises native to Isla Española in the Galápagos Islands. This distinctive species once thrived on the oldest and easternmost island of the archipelago. In these days of mass extinctions, we may well look to the Galápagos...
by Lora | Sep 21, 2019 | Healthy Food, Nature, Sustainability, Travel
Closer to home than my previous trip, on a drizzly September weekend with rain in the forecast I attended the Pacific NW Writers’ Association writing conference at a hotel on International Boulevard across the street from SeaTac airport. Getting to a destination...
by Lora | Sep 21, 2019 | About Writing, Sustainability, Travel
Reducing the Giant Carbon Footprint of Air Travel 32 The square feet of Arctic summer sea ice cover melted by one passenger’s share of emissions on a 2,500-mile flight. THIRTY-TWO SQUARE FEET About the size of a queen-sized bed for each passenger on a cross country or...
